This is the first post in a series that follows my three earlier posts on check list for your first video shoot. I’m assuming you know your way around whatever NLE you’re using and you’re now ready to start editing the footage you’ve shot.  (NLE – Non-linear editing. This describes programs such [...]

Every time you write something, an e-mail, a blog post, a script or something longer you use words. Those words usually come from your memory and experience. You think about what you want to say and then you select the right words and put them in the right order to [...]

Can you e-mail me the video?  I often get asked this question and my answer is usually ‘no – because it’s a video file and therefore too big’. I thought it might be helpful to set out the following explanation and then suggest some solutions. The growth of Smartphones with [...]

The world of digital video is full of strange names, numbers and abbreviations. Things like ‘mpeg’, ‘avi’, ‘mov’ and ‘m4v’. Then there are numbers like 1080i or 720p. What do they all mean and which ones do you need to know? Film formats. When movie film first came out it [...]

Getting the paper work right It might seem a bit unusual to be talking about paper work when it comes to shooting video, but getting the paper work right before you start always means a better shoot. Essentially it’s about planning – even if you don’t use paper but make [...]

In my last post I set out the three easy steps towards shooting an event so that you had the right shots to edit into a sequence. Regardless of how you see the finished product, getting these three types of shots is crucial. Getting arty Now you’ve ticked off your [...]